Advertising device



-Jan. 13, 1931. J, MAAS j n 1,788,921

ADVERTISING DEVICE Filed Nov. 25, 1929 rToR/E y Patentedjan.' 13, 1931 `3ULIAN MAAS, or sfr. Louis, Missoula i ADVEBTISINGDEVIC l .ippica/tion mea November 25, 19sa9. semina. 409,672. v y

r'This'inventionrelatesto a'certain new and i useful improvementin advertisingV devices and has for its object the provision of an ad-l t vertising device which is 'of simple con-V 5struction, whichmay be cheaply manufafc A( tured, and Ywhichis efficient in the 4accomplishment or' its intended unctions. Y f

And'with the above andother objects in view, my invention 'resides in the novel c 1 0 featuresof form, construction, arrangement., and combination of parts hereinaiter cle-- scribedand pointed out inthe claims.` i? InV the `accompanying drawing.k

Figure l illustrates, partlyin side-eleva.-

gutionand partly in'vertical section, an advertising device embodyingmy invention; V`Figure 2 is a sectional elevation of the de.- vice approximately on the line 2 2., Figure Figure 3 is a: front elevational vlewo a slightly modied advertising'-l device embodying my invention. f f

Referring now more inv detail' and* by reference characters to the drawing, which illustrates practical embodimentsxofmy iin? .vention, A designates ay suitable housing adapted to rest rupon a table;countei',-or

other place of support, andcomprising aY `bottom wall 1, a side wall2`, andfa top wall 3,1the latter beingapertured',`as atv 4, for purposes presently appearing. Suitably conjoined lor otherwise connected to the bottom 'wall 1, is an upstandingfront lwall 5, upon which, while. not here specically shown, may appear any. matter or the like. Y

' B designates an oscillatory electric Jfan of any suitablestandard type and construction, the same including, as is common', a VVbase 6, a vmotor casing 7, an annular series or" blades 8 suitably mounted for rotation upon the motor shaft, and means, such as the expe-v dients or instrumentalities 9 shown, for eflecting'oscillatory movement of the motor- .casing 7 and blades 8 Vrelatively to the base 6. nasmuch as the means 9, in and of it-Y desired' advertising lself, forms no part ofmy presentinvention,

and inasmuch further as suchvmeans is of Y 0 common type well in the electrical art, a detail description thereof is fhere emittedv f .8 beingsuitably disposed, as shown,A within Suitably secu ed, as vby rigidconnecting strips l0, to the motor-casing 7, `is a skeleton framell of suitable strength and rigidity-. VA enclosing for.` rotation theseriesv of fan-Jj bladesgS, the frame ll andits enclosed blades l V the housing A with the front wallflla of the .frame l1 downwardlypresented and'resting Y flatwise on the housing base-wall 1 and with the motor; casin'gV 7 presented upwardly and projecting exteriorlyV` of ythe housing4 A throughthe 4aperture l 'providedy for the pur- Vpose in the housing'top-,wall 3. Withthe -itfan B so disposechits lease` 6 Vis presented laterallyl towardrand approximately at right anglesto the upstanding wall 5, andsuitably iXedfiat-wise upongthe outer yface of base y6, is apdisl; l2 of heavyicardfboard or Vother suitable `material, provided with afradial ear `13, pivotally Yconnectedtowhic h, as at leis minkia VSuitably Y conjoined to .the ho.using topwall 3 and upstanding in spaced lparallelism withthe'wall 5, is a rear. wall V16, pivotally, as at 17, supported jupon which for oscillation, is a `n iemberl which may partake of any desired conigurationor purposes of attractingiattention to the devicel and the' Qadve'rtising matterdisplayed, such member,

inthe present finstance," Frepresenting Vand having the outline contour cfa' ship. Y Formfing part of the member '18, is a projecting `finger 19, extending rearwardly from which and'adapted to work ina suitable arcuate Vslot QOprovidedoi tli e purpose in the rear ,wall 1 6, isa pin 21 to which, in turn, the Alink 15 is; suitabjlyslotwise pivotally connected.

'Thus 1 reverse'orupset the fan 'B for utilization ofiits base 6 in effecting rockingor voscillatory lmovement off the ;l attentionattracting member-18M@ .base 6, through the means or instrumentalities 9, beingoscillatirily, actuated on -rotarymovement ofthe motor enclosedwithin thezcasing 7 and such oscillations be aing,y in turn,- imp'arted to the Y' ,attention-attractingmember/18through .and i ,byfthelinkg15. y 1

Y A Torfurther the realism oi' the present display, a Vsuitable pluralityof sections 19 of suitably colored tissue-paper or other desirable material its fixed at an end to the wall 5 to loosely'iioat in suitable adjacence to the member 18, a wavy motion being impartedthereto by the-air-currents created by the revolving-series of' fan-blades Sand led to such sheets through the chute .provided by and between the upstanding spaced walls 5, 16. v The device as a whole may becheaply manufactured and assembled and has been found exceedingly `eiiicient in theperformance oi' its intended functions.-

In the modified device of Figure 3, I omit the wall 16 and provide the housing front Vwall 5a with a suitable aperture 22, throughA which, forV attention-attracting purposes,

pictures or otherdesired matter, lsuch as the v so-called funny-'faces 23, borne by afpreferably angular section 24 disposedV ilatwiseV with -relation to, and fixed at its apex directly upon,the outerv face of the fan-base 6, are alternately visually exposed on the oscillations ofthe base 6.:

1t is -to Vbe understood that changes in the form, construction', arrangenient,`and combination of the several parts of'the device maybe made and substitutedior those herein shown and described without departing from the nature and principle of my vinvention. f f lHaving thus described my invention, what l claim and desire-to secure by Letters `Pat- 1. Anvv advertising-de'vice including, in combination, an upstanding wall, an attention-attracting member mounted for movement on saidwall, land means including an oscillatory electricY fan having its base prejjsented towards said' wall Vand operatively connected to saidmember 'torioscillatorily actuating the same.

2. An' advertising` device including, in combination, an"upstandin'g wall,'an attention-attracting member mounted for move- "ment on saidwall, and means for oscillatorl angles vto1sa1d rear-wall, and-its lblades disposed v-ior directing currents of airbetween ily actuating saidV member relatively to said wall, said V-means comprising an'oscillatory electric fan-having the shaftof its motor disposed'in parallelism with said wall and vitsbase member presented towards said wall 'and operativelyconnected to the' attentionattracting member. t '8. Anadvertising "device including, in combination, aY housing f'comprising a base wall and an upstanding'wall, anV attentionattracting member mounted for movement on" the upstanding wall, a frame disposed upon said [base-wall, and means foroscilcombination, an upstanding wall, an attention-attracting member mounted `for movement on said-wall, andmeans forosclllavtorily actuating said member relatively to said wall, saidnieans including a motor located adj acenttofand having its shaft disposedinparallelism with the wall, a basemember'd'isposed intermediate and at right angles :tothe motor-shaft and said wall and having connection with theattention-attracting member, and, instrumentalitiesA between the motor-shaft'and base-member for' oscillatorily actuating the basemember on ro tary movement of the Vmotor shaft. Y

An advertising device 'includingfin combination, ahousingfcomprising a basewall and upstanding rear and front spaced parallel walls, an attention-attracting-Inember pivoted'ior rocking movement upon the rear. upstanding wall, and means for rocking said'inember, said means' comprisinga motor mounted over said base wall and-.having its shaft presented 1in parallelism with said real wall, a base-member; presented `v toward and at right angles to said rear wall, b5 i instrumentalities between the motor-shaft and base-member for oscillatorilyy actuatingthe base-member on rotary movement of the motor-shaft,l and a Vlink-connection between the base and attention-attracting members.

An 'advertising device including, in combination, a housing including a base wall andupsta-nding rear and` front fspaced arallelV walls, an attention-attracting memer pivoted for rocking movement upon said rear wall,4'afvibratory member'disposed between said front wall and"said-member,` and means for, rocking .saidmember and Vibrating said Vv ibratory member, said Vmeans-in-` cluding an oscillatory Velectric fan mounted over said base wall and having its motor shaft presented in parallelism with saidrear Wall, its base presented toward and at right i latorily actuating Said member relatively to Said `mystanding wall, said means comprising f an 'oscillatory electric fan supported upon said frame and havingtheshaft-of its 

